MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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